Cry No More
-Shirubaa
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I'm so happy! People actually review and LIKE my fic… *grins* anyways, I meant to write this up earlier but I've been so caught up with watching some of my anime stuff and posting on message boards I completely forgot… here's chapter eight!
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Chapter Eight - Reaching Out
Syaoran's eyes slowly opened, holding back from the sunlight that crept in. The room seemed so fimilar to him, like he was warped into the world of dream. The room splashed with pink, a simple desk stood across where he laid, and of course what made it more like a dream, emerald eyes peering at him from above.
"Syaoran?" Sakura whispered, the concerned tone never leaving her that day.
She finally heard a quiet groan from Syaoran and smiled, "I'm glad you're okay…" she whispered, "I was really worried."
"Where am I?" Syaoran asked, sitting up but still leaning on the pillow.
"You're at my house…"
"What happened?" Syaoran asked, his mind searching for the answer.
"I don't know…" Sakura looked at him with worry, "You just collapsed and I brought you back to my house."
"Oh yea…" he sighed, finally remembering the day's previous events.
Sakura stood up and stared right into Syaoran's amber orbs. "Tell me what happened. It's the only way I can help you." Sakura murmured her tone slightly harsh.
Syaoran noticed that there were slight rings of red around her eyes, 'Was she crying…?' he asked himself.
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Tomoyo had flopped onto her bed, fully dressed in her pajamas, when the phone echoed throughout her room.
Her room was spacious, living with the owner of a toy company; she had been put into the life of high society and standards. She was often home alone, other than the many maids that filled the house, and her bodyguards, her mother was rarely there to comfort her when she needed someone most. All that kept her company was the purple curtains that hung near the windows, a desk, and of course her camera.
"Hello?" she answered her voice slightly sleepy.
"Tomoyo?" a male voice was heard on the other side.
"Yea…" Tomoyo answered, recognizing the voice which belonged to Eriol.
"It's Eriol." Eriol quickly said, "I need your help with something."
"Is it for Sakura's birthday?" Tomoyo guessed.
"Well…" Tomoyo could sense a blush on the other side, "I wanted to throw a small surprise party for her, something so the both of us can have some alone time, you know? Since you've already helped me choose a gift, maybe we can work together on this too?"
"Okay…" she replied, 'What am I getting myself into?' she cried helplessly. She knew that each moment that she spent with him, made her fall for him even more, this was going to drive her nuts. 'Love makes you do the craziest things.' Tomoyo sighed inwardly.
'But is it love?' another voice inside of her asked, a question that Tomoyo wasn't able to answer at that very moment.
"Great!" Eriol's voice said over the line interrupting her thoughts, "I'll come see you tomorrow morning, I'll pick you up or something."
Tomorrow morning. 'Saturday.' Tomoyo thought, remembering that it was her and Sakura's traditional bonding day. "I might be doing something with Sakura tomorrow."
"I doubt it," Eriol's voice became more serious, "She said she had something to do, she even cancelled our plans."
"Okay, tomorrow then." She answered a bit fazed from the new fact that Eriol had just told her.
"I'll see you then." Eriol's voice immediately disappeared after those final words.
Sakura never had plans on Saturday, but then again things have changed between them. 'Wait a minute… Did he say that they already had plans?' Tomoyo asked herself but then shrugged it off, their friendship was definitely going down the drain, slowly but surely.
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"Tell me everything." Sakura repeated, not getting an answer from him.
"Tell you what though?" Syaoran mumbled.
"What happened during these years while you were missing!" Sakura shot back, "First I find you almost dead, then you don't tell me anything and now this!"
"I just don't want to worry you." he answered back calmly, a great contrast from her loud shrieking voice.
"How can you think telling me nothing will make me happy?" she broke into tears, "Since you've come back I've been worried ever since... This is just making it a lot worst..."
Syaoran let out a long sigh, and touched Sakura's hand lightly, "I was telling you about this world of darkness once right?"
Sakura nodded, remembering the conversation clearly, every single detail including how it was cut short by Eriol.
"It's almost like living in hell, except I was all alone." Syaoran stared blankly at the window, "But I knew someone was watching me... It was the exact same aura everytime..."
"I was put to the test, a test that enabled me to return to the real world..." Syaoran continued.
"A test?"
"A extremely difficult test that challenged all parts of the soul. At one point I almost failed, but there was one thing that kept me going. In fact it kept me alive for all those years." he explained, 'That person was you...' he thought, studying Sakura's reaction.
It seemed as Sakura didn't even notice what Syaoran had said for that last part, her expression stayed unchanged and still difficult to read.
"When I left the world, I thought that everything was behind me... But I was wrong.. so very wrong..." Syaoran murmured as if he didn't want to be heard.
"Why...?" Sakura questioned.
Syaoran stared deeply into Sakura's emerald orbs, suddenly he felt his heart beat faster, not when you were in love or nervous, it seemed peculiar... He clutched his chest and his breathing became louder... 'The aura...' he immediately thought.
"Syaoran??" Sakura rushed back into her panic state, "What's wrong?"
"They're coming... They're coming..." Syaoran choked on each word, finally the beating ceased, his heart became normal again and the pain in his chest had disappeared as fast as it had came.
"Who's coming?" Sakura immediately asked, when she noticed that Syaoran was once again stable.
"The ones that were watching me in the world of darkness..." Syaoran whispered, his eyes stiff, his whole body paralyzed by shock. "I never trusted anyone in that world, and my suspicions were right. They've come to kill me."
The words hit Sakura hard, she couldn't believe what Syaoran had just said. "I'll help you defeat them." was all she could scrape up, stuttering over each word.
"I don't want to get you involved, it's my fault that they're here, so its my responsibilty to seek them out and destroy them." Syaoran said sternly, 'Before they start hurting the ones that I love.' he added silently.
"It'll be easier if the two of us work together, ne?" Sakura smiled, melting Syaoran's heart in to mush.
Syaoran looked away, "If you get hurt, I don't think I can ever forgive myself."
"Don't worry about it, I think I'll be fine, I'm just really worried about you." she shrugged, putting a piece of hair behind her ear. She looked over Syaoran again, he looked the same, his chestnut hair still messy and his amber eyes still filled with fire. But he was far from being the same ten year old boy that she knew long ago. This Syaoran seemed to more gentle, rather than protraying a cold mask that Sakura always tried to break.
"Why don't we start searching for this force?" she suggested, "We could start out where you collapsed today..."
"Sure..." Syaoran replied still unsure of what he was getting them both into.
"What I don't get is why did the aura suddenly show up like this..." Sakura murmured.
Suddenly a loud bang on the door was heard, "LET ME IN!!" a small squeaky voice screamed from the other side.
Sakura sweatdropped, "I had to get rid of him somehow." she smiled apologetically. "But since we're done, I guess I'll let him in." Sakura walked over to the door and swung it open, revealing a panting, but fat Kero.
"About time..." Kero muttered, "What the hell did you need to do that made you lock me out?" He shot daggers at Syaoran.
"We had to discuss something important... I can't believe you ate all the desserts that I left on the table." Sakura frowned, placing her hands on her hips.
"Nevermind, I'm going to go play my video games... you kept me from them all day!" Kero pouted, dashing over to the television where the game console was located.
Sakura turned back to Syaoran, "I think you should get some rest," picking up Kero and unplugging the game console, "I"ll take Kero out so you can have some peace."
Kero frowned, "You better plug it in downstairs."
"Thanks." Syaoran smiled.
"We'll start bright and early tomorrow okay?" Sakura stated, turning it to a question.
Syaoran nodded as Sakura shut the door lightly behind her and the complaining Kero. He flopped back onto the pillow, his arms holding him up for support and stared at the ceiling, his mind reeling with thought.
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DING DONG!
"Coming!" Tomoyo called, opening the door which revealed Eriol. 'He looks perfect anytime of the day...' she gushed, feeling herself heating up.
Eriol waved and smiled, "Should we start on the preparations?" He was wearing a simple dark blue t-shirt and a pair of dark denim jeans, still he looked perfect.
Tomoyo nodded, "What exactly do you have planned?"
"I don't know... I just know it has to be perfect." Eriol replied, "It's weird... I've never fell so fast for a girl. But Sakura's different... she might be the one... I love her, Tomoyo, and I need to do everything possible to show her... I need you to help me because I need the atmosphere to be perfect, so I can tell her that I love her."
The words stabbed Tomoyo in the heart, 'So this is what its about...' tears were choking to burst. She loved Eriol, even though they weren't that close to begin with, but something inside of her called out to him, and hearing those words somehow was killing her.
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Somewhere far away from Tomoyo's mansion, a large, dark Victorian styled mansion stood surrounded by deceased and broken trees. It was like a cemetary, a sancturary of silence. Even in the midst of darkness, in a room tucked neatly in the corner, it was emitting a light, a soft glow enough to warm up a cold winter day. The source of the light came from a simple music box, encrusted with diamonds, standing solid on the table.
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[a/n: so how was it? i didn't think it was one of the best... since I'm so frustrated right now... I have the ideas for point a and b, but the hard part is to reach the destination. I can't write when my mind is set on something else... I just thought this chapter was bleh. Anyways review anyways, it always makes me happy and motivates me to write the next chapter.
you can email me, myrna_y99@hotmail.com with any questions or whatever… maybe to talk? (decided to put this here since most people read my bio XD)
go to my mine and friends' website:
www.geocities.com/magical_crazee_trio/
-please sign the guestbook! (no flames please!)]
-Shirubaa
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I'm so happy! People actually review and LIKE my fic… *grins* anyways, I meant to write this up earlier but I've been so caught up with watching some of my anime stuff and posting on message boards I completely forgot… here's chapter eight!
~*~
Chapter Eight - Reaching Out
Syaoran's eyes slowly opened, holding back from the sunlight that crept in. The room seemed so fimilar to him, like he was warped into the world of dream. The room splashed with pink, a simple desk stood across where he laid, and of course what made it more like a dream, emerald eyes peering at him from above.
"Syaoran?" Sakura whispered, the concerned tone never leaving her that day.
She finally heard a quiet groan from Syaoran and smiled, "I'm glad you're okay…" she whispered, "I was really worried."
"Where am I?" Syaoran asked, sitting up but still leaning on the pillow.
"You're at my house…"
"What happened?" Syaoran asked, his mind searching for the answer.
"I don't know…" Sakura looked at him with worry, "You just collapsed and I brought you back to my house."
"Oh yea…" he sighed, finally remembering the day's previous events.
Sakura stood up and stared right into Syaoran's amber orbs. "Tell me what happened. It's the only way I can help you." Sakura murmured her tone slightly harsh.
Syaoran noticed that there were slight rings of red around her eyes, 'Was she crying…?' he asked himself.
~*~
Tomoyo had flopped onto her bed, fully dressed in her pajamas, when the phone echoed throughout her room.
Her room was spacious, living with the owner of a toy company; she had been put into the life of high society and standards. She was often home alone, other than the many maids that filled the house, and her bodyguards, her mother was rarely there to comfort her when she needed someone most. All that kept her company was the purple curtains that hung near the windows, a desk, and of course her camera.
"Hello?" she answered her voice slightly sleepy.
"Tomoyo?" a male voice was heard on the other side.
"Yea…" Tomoyo answered, recognizing the voice which belonged to Eriol.
"It's Eriol." Eriol quickly said, "I need your help with something."
"Is it for Sakura's birthday?" Tomoyo guessed.
"Well…" Tomoyo could sense a blush on the other side, "I wanted to throw a small surprise party for her, something so the both of us can have some alone time, you know? Since you've already helped me choose a gift, maybe we can work together on this too?"
"Okay…" she replied, 'What am I getting myself into?' she cried helplessly. She knew that each moment that she spent with him, made her fall for him even more, this was going to drive her nuts. 'Love makes you do the craziest things.' Tomoyo sighed inwardly.
'But is it love?' another voice inside of her asked, a question that Tomoyo wasn't able to answer at that very moment.
"Great!" Eriol's voice said over the line interrupting her thoughts, "I'll come see you tomorrow morning, I'll pick you up or something."
Tomorrow morning. 'Saturday.' Tomoyo thought, remembering that it was her and Sakura's traditional bonding day. "I might be doing something with Sakura tomorrow."
"I doubt it," Eriol's voice became more serious, "She said she had something to do, she even cancelled our plans."
"Okay, tomorrow then." She answered a bit fazed from the new fact that Eriol had just told her.
"I'll see you then." Eriol's voice immediately disappeared after those final words.
Sakura never had plans on Saturday, but then again things have changed between them. 'Wait a minute… Did he say that they already had plans?' Tomoyo asked herself but then shrugged it off, their friendship was definitely going down the drain, slowly but surely.
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"Tell me everything." Sakura repeated, not getting an answer from him.
"Tell you what though?" Syaoran mumbled.
"What happened during these years while you were missing!" Sakura shot back, "First I find you almost dead, then you don't tell me anything and now this!"
"I just don't want to worry you." he answered back calmly, a great contrast from her loud shrieking voice.
"How can you think telling me nothing will make me happy?" she broke into tears, "Since you've come back I've been worried ever since... This is just making it a lot worst..."
Syaoran let out a long sigh, and touched Sakura's hand lightly, "I was telling you about this world of darkness once right?"
Sakura nodded, remembering the conversation clearly, every single detail including how it was cut short by Eriol.
"It's almost like living in hell, except I was all alone." Syaoran stared blankly at the window, "But I knew someone was watching me... It was the exact same aura everytime..."
"I was put to the test, a test that enabled me to return to the real world..." Syaoran continued.
"A test?"
"A extremely difficult test that challenged all parts of the soul. At one point I almost failed, but there was one thing that kept me going. In fact it kept me alive for all those years." he explained, 'That person was you...' he thought, studying Sakura's reaction.
It seemed as Sakura didn't even notice what Syaoran had said for that last part, her expression stayed unchanged and still difficult to read.
"When I left the world, I thought that everything was behind me... But I was wrong.. so very wrong..." Syaoran murmured as if he didn't want to be heard.
"Why...?" Sakura questioned.
Syaoran stared deeply into Sakura's emerald orbs, suddenly he felt his heart beat faster, not when you were in love or nervous, it seemed peculiar... He clutched his chest and his breathing became louder... 'The aura...' he immediately thought.
"Syaoran??" Sakura rushed back into her panic state, "What's wrong?"
"They're coming... They're coming..." Syaoran choked on each word, finally the beating ceased, his heart became normal again and the pain in his chest had disappeared as fast as it had came.
"Who's coming?" Sakura immediately asked, when she noticed that Syaoran was once again stable.
"The ones that were watching me in the world of darkness..." Syaoran whispered, his eyes stiff, his whole body paralyzed by shock. "I never trusted anyone in that world, and my suspicions were right. They've come to kill me."
The words hit Sakura hard, she couldn't believe what Syaoran had just said. "I'll help you defeat them." was all she could scrape up, stuttering over each word.
"I don't want to get you involved, it's my fault that they're here, so its my responsibilty to seek them out and destroy them." Syaoran said sternly, 'Before they start hurting the ones that I love.' he added silently.
"It'll be easier if the two of us work together, ne?" Sakura smiled, melting Syaoran's heart in to mush.
Syaoran looked away, "If you get hurt, I don't think I can ever forgive myself."
"Don't worry about it, I think I'll be fine, I'm just really worried about you." she shrugged, putting a piece of hair behind her ear. She looked over Syaoran again, he looked the same, his chestnut hair still messy and his amber eyes still filled with fire. But he was far from being the same ten year old boy that she knew long ago. This Syaoran seemed to more gentle, rather than protraying a cold mask that Sakura always tried to break.
"Why don't we start searching for this force?" she suggested, "We could start out where you collapsed today..."
"Sure..." Syaoran replied still unsure of what he was getting them both into.
"What I don't get is why did the aura suddenly show up like this..." Sakura murmured.
Suddenly a loud bang on the door was heard, "LET ME IN!!" a small squeaky voice screamed from the other side.
Sakura sweatdropped, "I had to get rid of him somehow." she smiled apologetically. "But since we're done, I guess I'll let him in." Sakura walked over to the door and swung it open, revealing a panting, but fat Kero.
"About time..." Kero muttered, "What the hell did you need to do that made you lock me out?" He shot daggers at Syaoran.
"We had to discuss something important... I can't believe you ate all the desserts that I left on the table." Sakura frowned, placing her hands on her hips.
"Nevermind, I'm going to go play my video games... you kept me from them all day!" Kero pouted, dashing over to the television where the game console was located.
Sakura turned back to Syaoran, "I think you should get some rest," picking up Kero and unplugging the game console, "I"ll take Kero out so you can have some peace."
Kero frowned, "You better plug it in downstairs."
"Thanks." Syaoran smiled.
"We'll start bright and early tomorrow okay?" Sakura stated, turning it to a question.
Syaoran nodded as Sakura shut the door lightly behind her and the complaining Kero. He flopped back onto the pillow, his arms holding him up for support and stared at the ceiling, his mind reeling with thought.
~*~
DING DONG!
"Coming!" Tomoyo called, opening the door which revealed Eriol. 'He looks perfect anytime of the day...' she gushed, feeling herself heating up.
Eriol waved and smiled, "Should we start on the preparations?" He was wearing a simple dark blue t-shirt and a pair of dark denim jeans, still he looked perfect.
Tomoyo nodded, "What exactly do you have planned?"
"I don't know... I just know it has to be perfect." Eriol replied, "It's weird... I've never fell so fast for a girl. But Sakura's different... she might be the one... I love her, Tomoyo, and I need to do everything possible to show her... I need you to help me because I need the atmosphere to be perfect, so I can tell her that I love her."
The words stabbed Tomoyo in the heart, 'So this is what its about...' tears were choking to burst. She loved Eriol, even though they weren't that close to begin with, but something inside of her called out to him, and hearing those words somehow was killing her.
~*~
Somewhere far away from Tomoyo's mansion, a large, dark Victorian styled mansion stood surrounded by deceased and broken trees. It was like a cemetary, a sancturary of silence. Even in the midst of darkness, in a room tucked neatly in the corner, it was emitting a light, a soft glow enough to warm up a cold winter day. The source of the light came from a simple music box, encrusted with diamonds, standing solid on the table.
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[a/n: so how was it? i didn't think it was one of the best... since I'm so frustrated right now... I have the ideas for point a and b, but the hard part is to reach the destination. I can't write when my mind is set on something else... I just thought this chapter was bleh. Anyways review anyways, it always makes me happy and motivates me to write the next chapter.
you can email me, myrna_y99@hotmail.com with any questions or whatever… maybe to talk? (decided to put this here since most people read my bio XD)
go to my mine and friends' website:
www.geocities.com/magical_crazee_trio/
-please sign the guestbook! (no flames please!)]
